For Linux operating systems there is a lot of software, I would say that as much as for Windows, but the problem that we have switchersThose that we were used to other operating systems are just the old ways. That's why even though Gimp is a great image editing program, many of us prefer Photoshop to perform some (not all) touch-ups. The bad thing is that it cannot be installed in Ubuntu. No? Yes you can, yes. And I would say it works 99%.
The first thing I want to say is that I do not intend to encourage piracy or anything like that. This guide is for those users who have a legal copy of the application and want to use it in Ubuntu, since it is still running in Wine, in this case from PlayOnLinux, I think it is worth doing it on a system much faster than the operating system that Microsoft develops. With that said, I go on to detail how to install Photoshop CC 2014 on Linux, which I have tested on Ubuntu 16.04 and Ubuntu MATE 16.04.
How to install Photoshop using PlayOnLinux
Before starting I have to say that what was explained in this tutorial not working in Photoshop CC 2015 which is the most current version. It does work in 2014 and, although I have tried the 32-bit version, nothing makes me think that it cannot work with the 64-bit version. The point is, it might work, but it might as well not. Here are the steps to follow to run Photoshop in Ubuntu:
- We will need a version of Photoshop CC 2014. Adobe no longer has these available for download, but there is a trial copy on the page of Pro Design Tools.
- We install PlayOnLinux. We can do it from the Software Center of many versions of Ubuntu or using the command sudo aptitude install playonlinux. If you do not have the package available, you can go to on the web, download the .deb package and install it.
- We run PlayOnLinux.
- Let's go to the menu Tools / Manage Wine versions and, of all the versions that exist, we look for and install 1.7.41-PhotoshopBrushes. To install it, we only have to touch the arrow to the right that we will see in the center.
- We return to the main menu and click the Install a program button.
- At the bottom left, we click on "Install a non-listed program".
- We choose the option "Install a program in a new virtual drive."
- We give it a name. Photoshop would be nice. I have added the two "C" behind it because I already had it installed. At this point we cannot use spaces.
- In the next window that we see we have to mark the three options and click next.
- We choose the Wine version 1.7.41-PhotoshopBrushes. If we do not see it, we have done something wrong. We have to start over.
- Next we choose the 32-bit option. If you tell us you can't find something and need to install it, we do it.
- A window will appear in which we can choose which version of Windows the program will run on. We have to choose Windows 7. Be careful with this, which by default puts Windows XP.
- We install these libraries:
- POL_Install_atmlib
- POL_Install_corefonts
- POL_Install_FontsSmoothRGB
- POL_Install_gdiplus
- POL_Install_msxml3
- POL_Install_msxml6
- POL_Install_tahoma2
- POL_Install_vcrun2008
- POL_Install_vcrun2010
- POL_Install_vcrun2012
- Once all of them have been checked, we click Next.
- At this point it will ask us to find the Photoshop installation file, so we look for it and select it. The installation will begin.
- If we are going to start the 30-day trial for any reason, we will need to disconnect from the internet before proceeding. Once we are offline, we try to enter, which will show us an error and allow us to try to access later.
- Now we have to be patient and wait for it to install. Some users, such as a server, have seen errors during the installation, but do not be alarmed. It is something "normal" in PlayOnLinux and the program continues with the installation even though it seems that it has exited. To be sure, we can wait about 5 minutes before hitting Next.
- Finally, we can put a shortcut on the desktop that we can freely move to another folder to launch Photoshop. We can put that shortcut in the standard Ubuntu launcher and it works without problems, but the same does not happen in Ubuntu MATE, where it tends to give more errors.
Some functions, such as blending, may fail. If they don't work properly, we can go to the menu Edit / Preferences / Performance and uncheck «Use graphics processor».
Have you managed to install Photoshop in Ubuntu?